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Discover the seven stories Kim Stanley Robinson selected as the winners of the Bulletin's Write Before Midnight contest in our January magazine issue.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Discover the seven stories Kim Stanley Robinson selected as the winners of the Bulletin's Write Before Midnight contest in our January magazine issue.
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Start reading: buff.ly/mNO6mTQ
Does it make sense to continue holding massive international summits if the core of the problem—the continued use of oil, gas, and coal—continues to be systematically avoided?
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January 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Does it make sense to continue holding massive international summits if the core of the problem—the continued use of oil, gas, and coal—continues to be systematically avoided?
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Read more: buff.ly/9uiSMD9
On January 27th, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the 2026 Doomsday Clock time.
The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) streamed via the Bulletin‘s YouTube channel.
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The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) streamed via the Bulletin‘s YouTube channel.
Learn more: buff.ly/qZ9vlw5
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
On January 27th, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the 2026 Doomsday Clock time.
The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) streamed via the Bulletin‘s YouTube channel.
Learn more: buff.ly/qZ9vlw5
The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) streamed via the Bulletin‘s YouTube channel.
Learn more: buff.ly/qZ9vlw5
Since the debut of Martyl’s Doomsday Clock design in June 1947, 602 covers of the Bulletin magazine have been published.
In 2025 this legacy continued with six new covers, including the latest for our 80th anniversary issue in December
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In 2025 this legacy continued with six new covers, including the latest for our 80th anniversary issue in December
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December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Since the debut of Martyl’s Doomsday Clock design in June 1947, 602 covers of the Bulletin magazine have been published.
In 2025 this legacy continued with six new covers, including the latest for our 80th anniversary issue in December
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In 2025 this legacy continued with six new covers, including the latest for our 80th anniversary issue in December
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In this interactive piece, Steph Batalis and Vikram Venkatram explain why the companies that sell synthesized DNA to scientists need to screen their customers, lest dangerous sequences fall into the wrong hands.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In this interactive piece, Steph Batalis and Vikram Venkatram explain why the companies that sell synthesized DNA to scientists need to screen their customers, lest dangerous sequences fall into the wrong hands.
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In this piece, Cathy Chung and Frances Mack (a Bulletin editorial intern in 2025) explain how the history of slow-moving glaciers can help to explain what lies ahead for humanity on a warming planet.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In this piece, Cathy Chung and Frances Mack (a Bulletin editorial intern in 2025) explain how the history of slow-moving glaciers can help to explain what lies ahead for humanity on a warming planet.
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The images of nuclear detonations have become a historical touchstone. But what about the man behind the camera? In this photographic essay, Edward Landa and Mary Nichols explore Berlyn Brixner’s journey from landscape to “extreme" photography.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The images of nuclear detonations have become a historical touchstone. But what about the man behind the camera? In this photographic essay, Edward Landa and Mary Nichols explore Berlyn Brixner’s journey from landscape to “extreme" photography.
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buff.ly/9YYZVrX
In this comic-inspired piece, join Kelly and Zach Weinersmith as they explore how Musk’s quest to colonize Mars could present a risk to Earthlings everywhere.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In this comic-inspired piece, join Kelly and Zach Weinersmith as they explore how Musk’s quest to colonize Mars could present a risk to Earthlings everywhere.
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One of the great challenges of 2025 was simply staying up-to-date. To help keep up with the The breakneck speed of the Trump administration the Bulletin created a searchable database of the second Trump administration’s handling of global threats.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One of the great challenges of 2025 was simply staying up-to-date. To help keep up with the The breakneck speed of the Trump administration the Bulletin created a searchable database of the second Trump administration’s handling of global threats.
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At the Bulletin, we believe everyone has a right to know about global threats—because they endanger us all.
At a time when disinformation spreads faster than truth, your support helps nonprofit newsrooms like the Bulletin deliver reporting the world depends on.
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At a time when disinformation spreads faster than truth, your support helps nonprofit newsrooms like the Bulletin deliver reporting the world depends on.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
At the Bulletin, we believe everyone has a right to know about global threats—because they endanger us all.
At a time when disinformation spreads faster than truth, your support helps nonprofit newsrooms like the Bulletin deliver reporting the world depends on.
Give today: igfn.us/form/tE7vTw
At a time when disinformation spreads faster than truth, your support helps nonprofit newsrooms like the Bulletin deliver reporting the world depends on.
Give today: igfn.us/form/tE7vTw
Climate editor Jessica McKenzie rounds up the best of climate change coverage for the year. One of the defining themes was “attacks on science and expertise,” which seems likely to continue into 2026.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Climate editor Jessica McKenzie rounds up the best of climate change coverage for the year. One of the defining themes was “attacks on science and expertise,” which seems likely to continue into 2026.
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Read more: buff.ly/jsNqQRO
In many ways, 2025 resembled Back to the Future, and not only because Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, writes François Diaz-Maurin.
"Less than one year into his second term, President Trump has exhibited Cold War-era thinking several times already."
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"Less than one year into his second term, President Trump has exhibited Cold War-era thinking several times already."
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December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In many ways, 2025 resembled Back to the Future, and not only because Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, writes François Diaz-Maurin.
"Less than one year into his second term, President Trump has exhibited Cold War-era thinking several times already."
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"Less than one year into his second term, President Trump has exhibited Cold War-era thinking several times already."
Read more: buff.ly/6zsd7Ko
This year’s contributors to the Bulletin’s “Voices of Tomorrow” section, which features essays and opinion pieces by rising experts, focused heavily on the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
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Here’s a sampling of insights from our newest voices: buff.ly/HhkNFq6
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This year’s contributors to the Bulletin’s “Voices of Tomorrow” section, which features essays and opinion pieces by rising experts, focused heavily on the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
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Here’s a sampling of insights from our newest voices: buff.ly/HhkNFq6
The Bulletin is proud to have two articles selected for Popshift's 2025 IP List, highlighting journalistic stories ripe for Hollywood adaptation.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Bulletin is proud to have two articles selected for Popshift's 2025 IP List, highlighting journalistic stories ripe for Hollywood adaptation.
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, reports Benjamin Santer.
"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
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"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
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December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, reports Benjamin Santer.
"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
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"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
Read more: buff.ly/kdq6GJg
The introduction to the Bulletin's 80th anniversary magazine issues features an interview between Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin and former Executive Director and Publisher Kennette Benedict.
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The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0
!["People sometime make fun of the [Doomsday] Clock, they say all sorts of things about it, but they pay attention to it, and that's the main thing, to be able to keep these issues in front of the public." - Kennette Benedict, Former Executive Director and Publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4crytqwvj4ehonipglqe5ctf/bafkreiesck7jykadt2pmfrctfnbfwwtnazvotajovted6p6c6fz3leslyu@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The introduction to the Bulletin's 80th anniversary magazine issues features an interview between Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin and former Executive Director and Publisher Kennette Benedict.
The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0
The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0
The White House's new National Security Strategy justifies isolationism, lacks attentions on nuclear risk, mentions climate change once, and addresses disruptive technologies mostly in terms of competition.
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
December 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The White House's new National Security Strategy justifies isolationism, lacks attentions on nuclear risk, mentions climate change once, and addresses disruptive technologies mostly in terms of competition.
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj
Exactly 80 years ago, scientists who helped build the world's first atomic bomb published a "bulletin."
That was the beginning of the Bulletin, our nonprofit newsroom.
To mark the anniversary—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine that looks to the future: buff.ly/REJsWIF
That was the beginning of the Bulletin, our nonprofit newsroom.
To mark the anniversary—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine that looks to the future: buff.ly/REJsWIF
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Exactly 80 years ago, scientists who helped build the world's first atomic bomb published a "bulletin."
That was the beginning of the Bulletin, our nonprofit newsroom.
To mark the anniversary—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine that looks to the future: buff.ly/REJsWIF
That was the beginning of the Bulletin, our nonprofit newsroom.
To mark the anniversary—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine that looks to the future: buff.ly/REJsWIF
Today marks 80 years since our nonprofit newsroom started publishing.
To mark this milestone—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine issue that looks to the future.
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To mark this milestone—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine issue that looks to the future.
Check it out: buff.ly/REJsWIF
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today marks 80 years since our nonprofit newsroom started publishing.
To mark this milestone—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine issue that looks to the future.
Check it out: buff.ly/REJsWIF
To mark this milestone—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine issue that looks to the future.
Check it out: buff.ly/REJsWIF
When truth becomes debatable, the consequences are real.
It affects public safety, global stability, and everyone’s understanding of the world.
The Bulletin exists to provide clear analysis, independent reporting, and information everyone can rely on.
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It affects public safety, global stability, and everyone’s understanding of the world.
The Bulletin exists to provide clear analysis, independent reporting, and information everyone can rely on.
Donate now: igfn.us/form/tE7vTw
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When truth becomes debatable, the consequences are real.
It affects public safety, global stability, and everyone’s understanding of the world.
The Bulletin exists to provide clear analysis, independent reporting, and information everyone can rely on.
Donate now: igfn.us/form/tE7vTw
It affects public safety, global stability, and everyone’s understanding of the world.
The Bulletin exists to provide clear analysis, independent reporting, and information everyone can rely on.
Donate now: igfn.us/form/tE7vTw
The role of the United States in global affairs is changing dramatically.
The September 2025 magazine issue of the Bulletin examines different facets of the NEW, new world order that Donald Trump has wrought in his second presidential term: buff.ly/bNVQEE2
The September 2025 magazine issue of the Bulletin examines different facets of the NEW, new world order that Donald Trump has wrought in his second presidential term: buff.ly/bNVQEE2
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The role of the United States in global affairs is changing dramatically.
The September 2025 magazine issue of the Bulletin examines different facets of the NEW, new world order that Donald Trump has wrought in his second presidential term: buff.ly/bNVQEE2
The September 2025 magazine issue of the Bulletin examines different facets of the NEW, new world order that Donald Trump has wrought in his second presidential term: buff.ly/bNVQEE2
We're holding our first-ever short fiction contest. Entries can be of any genre and will be judged by science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. First-place wins $3,000, and runners-up $500 each.
Don't miss the Sept 30 deadline!
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Don't miss the Sept 30 deadline!
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August 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We're holding our first-ever short fiction contest. Entries can be of any genre and will be judged by science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. First-place wins $3,000, and runners-up $500 each.
Don't miss the Sept 30 deadline!
thebulletin.org/write-before...
Don't miss the Sept 30 deadline!
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The newest Bulletin magazine edition arrives next week. Subscribe today: thebulletin.org/magazine-sub...
August 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Join the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and a panel of experts for a discussion of a new biography of Manhattan Project scientist Luis Alvarez and the challenges and consequences of scientific discovery.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Join the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and a panel of experts for a discussion of a new biography of Manhattan Project scientist Luis Alvarez and the challenges and consequences of scientific discovery.
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"At this point, the United States doesn’t need new nuclear deals so much as sound nuclear non-proliferation principles."
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August 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"At this point, the United States doesn’t need new nuclear deals so much as sound nuclear non-proliferation principles."
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